ER (1994–2009): Season 10, Episode 9 - Missing - full transcript
Neela helps treat two Amish teens who were in a car crash. Sam argues with Dr. Kovac when he pays too much attention to her son.
Previously on ER:
( screams )
No!
I'm good at the academic
stuff, you know,
but you're good
with everything else.
Maybe we could
help each other.
We're going out to dinner.
You're still coming,
right?
I'd rather not be going out
with someone right now, okay?
You're probably
not his type.
Besides, he's my friend,
not yours.
Hey...
Hey, buddy, wake up.
( groans )
Come on. We got
to get going.
It's Thursday.
It's a late day.
Not for me.
I've got to get to work.
Come on.
Rise from the dead, King Tut.
"17A hydroxylase
deficiency"?
They've got to be kidding.
What number
are you on?
41, you?
Fifty.
What, are you finished?
Yep.
Allergic reaction
in three
needs more benadryl,
and lab lost the urine
for Mr. Perkins.
I'm not on yet.
According to Weaver,
you are.
I'm trying to take a test.
Done!
"Pompe"? "Dupuytrer"?
These are diseases?
That's a hard one.
And no helping.
You guys aren't Googling
each other again, are you?
We're taking our
practice boards.
Save it for study hall.
Abby, your nursing shift
started two minutes ago.
Yeah, I'm almost there.
Hank Benitez:
shortness of breath.
Needs to be vitalled.
Lester, can you grab that
off the printer?
Certainly.
Hi.
I have work in an hour.
I think you better call
your boss.
Morning.
Hey, Michael.
Oh, Gallant, you got a message
from Valerie.
LEWIS:
Valerie, huh?
Flight's at 3:10.
Says she can't wait to see you.
What? She's my sister.
Stop looking at me like that.
Oh, oh, your sister.
Younger or older?
We're twins.
What's she look like?
I don't know.
Picture me in a dress.
You trying to
freak me out?
Once, when I was
in high school,
I had to wear fishnets
and stilettos.
It was for a musical.
Okay. I'd like this conversation
to be over.
Have you ever shaved your legs?
It-it feels funny.
Looks like there's
a memorial for
Romano today.
Poor man.
Yeah. He must've really hurt
a helicopter
in his previous life.
( snickers )
What? Well, just tell
these people about karma.
If you're so concerned
about karma,
I'd stop making jokes
like that.
The memo says Elizabeth
helped organize
the memorial service.
Today at the, uh,
hospital chapel at 2:00.
Somebody should go.
Oh, uh-uh.
Come on, you guys.
Come on. We'll draw straws.
Morning, Dr. Corday.
Morning.
ALEX:
What's that for?
SAM:
It's for the people
who died at the car crash.
HARMS:
Johanna Lambright,
17 years old, passenger,
high-speed MVA with PSI.
Seatbelt, but no airbag,
tachy at 126; BP: 115/72;
resps: 20.
What's your name?
Johanna. Where's Thomas?
Her boyfriend.
He was hurt bad.
You have to help him.
He's right behind us.
Thomas Yoder,
17-year-old driver, MVA,
GSW right chest.
Plus stab wound
to the right flank.
Triple crown. Take him in One.
OLBES:
Needled in the
rig. Sats 84.
Kerry, do you have a minute?
We're good.
I'll be right there.
I was thinking...
um... you and Robert
had a long history--
complicated, I know...
I was wondering, uh,
whether you wouldn't like
to say a few words today.
I'll certainly
try to be there.
It only seems right that one
of you should eulogize him.
Um, he did end his life
working down here.
I'll make sure
we honor that.
LESTER:
Should we intubate?
Decreased
on the right.
Penetrating chest trauma,
hypotension,
hypoxia-- pneumothorax
unless otherwise proven.
I can guess
who aced that test.
Sterile sevens, please.
We haven't scored them yet.
Pulse ox down to 86.
Yeah, we decided
to swap papers
to avoid any cheating.
Ten blade
and a curved kelly.
I don't cheat.
I do.
Susan...
everything all right?
Uh, yeah, great, as soon
as I get this tube in.
32 French.
I was thinking
that one of us should speak
at Robert's memorial...
Yeah, you'd be great.
I was thinking you.
Me...? O silk.
Yeah, why don't you
let me secure that,
go run the board?
And you might want
to start preparing
some remarks.
Johanna?! Is she...
is she hurt?
She's okay.
She's just next door.
Oh, we shouldn't have
been there.
I was waiting in the car.
I heard gunshots,
and then Thomas came running...
and we drove away
as fast as we could.
This cut goes down all the way
through the galea.
Make sure you irrigate
it well and close it
as a separate layer.
Looks like you have a fan.
WEAVER:
Xeroform and
elastoplast.
Occlusive dressing
over the stab wound.
KOVAC:
How's he doing?
LESTER:
Lovely breath sounds.
CT's ready for him.
I've got a few meetings
this morning,
but I'll be on pager
if you need me to cover.
Cover?
Robert was supposed
to be on today.
ABBY:
So I'm grading your paper?
LESTER:
I'm doing Neela's.
She's doing mine.
Could you grade it
before lunchtime?
I'm feeling a
little bit anxious.
Johanna, we're taking your
boyfriend to get some X rays.
What's the plan?
GALLANT:
CT of head and abdomen.
KOVAC:
You sure?
GALLANT:
Well, with the extensive
head lac
and the possibility
of intraperitoneal injuries...
Are you sure?
I know how you feel about tests,
but, yeah, I'm sure.
Good. I completely agree.
( phone ringing )
Forgot to turn it off.
Sorry, it's from London.
Abby, can you
take over for me?
( speaking in Punjabi )
JOHANNA:
What language is that?
Punjabi. She's Indian.
A little bit
of pressure.
Ah. Ah.
No, I said I can't come.
You have a math test.
Maybe it'll be a snow day.
Hit the books, kiddo.
Tough love, huh?
Hey, Frank, will you
post this for me?
Sure. "Microwave:
a hundred bucks?"
KOVAC:
Yeah I need to unload
some of my stuff
before I head back.
LEWIS:
When are you leaving?
KOVAC:
Sometime in January.
Still waiting for the
Alliance to notify me.
LEWIS:
"Bose speakers: 80 bucks,
fish tank: $200,
42-inch plasma screen?"
FRANK:
Why would you
get rid of that?
KOVAC:
Hey, the Congo's
not exactly HD-ready.
LEWIS:
So, how much for the TV?
KOVAC:
Make me an offer.
No school today?
It starts late.
Why is that?
'Cause the teachers
need to talk about us.
What's the matter?
I have wrestling in gym today.
I hate wrestling.
Never much cared
for gym class myself.
What a shocker.
Ankle fracture in sutures
needs reduction and casting.
Guy messed it up pretty good.
Can I come?
No.
There's nothing wrong
with that kid's arm.
It hurts, okay?
I did your ankle.
Now, be a good patient
and go to sleep.
ZIMMER:
Can I at least
get some Valium?
It'd be much easier
to just go to your gym class.
There's a kid there,
Ernie Kendrick.
We call him Osama.
He hits hard.
If your mom sees this,
we're both dead, you know that?
I'll wait in the
lounge till I need
to catch my bus.
So...
you're going
back to Africa?
Yep.
For how long?
Not sure.
Is it a vacation?
No, it's work.
What kind of work?
Like I do here.
Isn't it really gross?
Aren't there, like, a lot
of sick people there?
That's why they need doctors.
You went there before?
A few months ago.
Did you ever see a lion?
How 'bout a hyena?
Sounds like Africa
kind of sucks.
Dr. Kovac,
I need you to
sign off a dispo.
I thought you weren't
presenting to me.
I got over it.
What do you have?
72-year-old guy with
three weeks of cough
and tactile temps.
Z-Pack, home,
follow-up with PMD.
KOVAC:
You can't send home
an elderly patient
with three weeks
of fever and cough
without a chest film.
PRATT:
I knew I should've waited
on Lewis.
SAM:
Excuse me, coming through.
Got a guy rolling in
with four severed digits.
Genius tried to cut
through some ice
with a chainsaw.
KOVAC:
Looks like they've
got it covered.
Sam, I need ten of morphine.
Got it.
( screaming )
Try rock salt next time.
You got the fingers?
Right here, big
Slurpee special.
What's up
with shorty's wrist?
My mom twisted it
when she was drunk.
Lounge. Go.
( screaming )
Full trauma panel,
order a hand series
and page the
replantation service.
We just wanted to try some pot,
that's all.
You went to the South Side
to score drugs?
We heard that was
the place to go.
So, you're from India?
My family lives
in London now.
Chicago's as far
as I've ever gotten.
How long have you and Thomas
been dating?
Um, a year, but we
grew up together.
Our families live on
the same road in Arcola.
It's about three
hours from here.
When did you move
to Chicago?
We've only been
here a few weeks...
just, you know,
hanging out.
Your boyfriend got lucky.
The bullet collapsed a lung
but didn't hit
anything critical.
THOMAS:
The bad news is my leg's broken.
You can handle that.
Yeah, but they're going
to admit me.
Oh, that's only for a few days,
till your chest tube comes out.
In the meantime, we'll need
to phone your parents.
Uh, my folks don't
have a phone.
His either.
Is there somebody else
we can call?
The Fishers.
No, Thomas.
You don't have
to call anybody.
Uh, actually, we do.
You're both minors.
Talk to our folks, Jo.
We just need to be more careful.
THOMAS:
I'll give you a
neighbor's number.
ABBY:
Ten cc's of lidocaine.
Hand surgeon's
on his way down.
Let's update his tetanus
and give three grams of Unasyn.
You two going
to Robert's memorial?
Uh, yeah.
Sure.
Did he have any family?
Not that I'm aware of.
Another 3-0 vicryl.
Median and ulnar blocked.
Is that Sam's little boy?
Should you be here?
SAM:
Dori, toss me that
bag of saline.
No. Bye.
Got you a Zerowet
for irrigation.
Hand/ortho down yet?
Still waiting.
I hope Alex wasn't
in your way.
Nope, no, not at all.
He's just curious.
Okay.
Old man with belly pain--
do you start
with LFTs or CT?
Hypotensive?
I think so.
Back pain?
( gasps ):
Aortic dissection.
Where is this patient?
No, it was a practice test.
I totally blew it.
It's my understanding
we're in good shape--
nice clean amputation
just distal to the MCP.
Well, we'll be taking you
up right away, Mr., uh...
Kohler,
and we... only recovered
three fingers?
CORDAY:
No, no,
no, there are...
three.
There were four a minute ago.
YORK:
Well, there are three now,
so either we lost one,
or a finger thief made off
with an intact middle digit.
Excuse me.
SAM:
Alex!
Alex!
Get the hell back here!
Don't screw
around with me.
Empty the backpack.
Where is it?
What?
You know what
I'm talking about.
No, I don't.
The paramedics
brought in a guy
with four
viable fingers,
three of which are
still sitting on ice.
Maybe a dog ate it.
Alex.
What finger did you lose?
Ring any bells?
I got to catch my bus.
Did I say you
could have this?
No.
Don't I always get you
whatever I can?
Yeah.
Then why do you steal stuff?
Come on, Alex. This is serious.
Where is it?
I don't know.
What's in
your pocket?
KOVAC:
How long ago was the injury?
There's still time.
Abby, can you help me with this?
This is really above
and beyond, isn't it?
You know, I was thinking
you'd be a good person
to say something.
Say something?
You know, at this thing
for Romano.
Oh, you're
kidding, right?
No. I think it would be nice
coming from a nurse.
TAGGART:
Dr. Kovac?
Tell me you did not put a splint
on my kid's arm.
I'm sorry, but we are busy
trying to find a man's finger
right now.
Yeah, and the reason
it's missing is because
instead of studying here
like I told him,
he's off with you
playing doctor.
What?!
Not like that.
He's getting beat up at school.
I-I-I-I I was just...
Oh, what, he told you
his Osama Kendrick,
evil wrestler's
story?
Please. He
made it up.
He makes lots of stuff up.
I'm sorry. I'll take it off.
No.
You stay away from him, okay?
LEWIS:
If the kid
took the finger,
we need him
to tell us
where it is.
( sighs )
He won't tell me.
Alex?
It's in the refrigerator
in the lounge.
What?!
I put it there
because I know
it needs to
stay cold.
In the fridge
or the freezer?
Fridge.
Behind the juice.
You give it up to him
just like that
after stonewalling me?
Well, he
asked nicer.
That's it.
Mom...
Get on that bus
right now.
Stop it!
I'll speak to you later.
Leave me alone.
Oh, we'll have
a talk later.
Stop...
You're a real Mr. Rogers,
you know that?
Hey, five- to
six-year-old girl,
brady with a rate
of 32, no BP.
GCS 3, severe hypothermia.
I couldn't get a line in.
She's too clamped down.
What's her name?
Jane Doe, history unknown.
Found her down
in the bushes
in Lincoln Park.
Any idea how long
she was out there?
Too long.
PRATT:
Warm blankets,
warm saline.
Let's get a bear-hugger
in here right now.
She's like ice.
All right, let's get ready
to tube her. Abby, you do it.
I'm not on my med student
rotation today.
Okay, so you're a nurse
who intubates.
Okay.
Miller 2
and a 5-5.
Anything in her pockets?
No keys, no coins,
nothing.
HALEH:
Rate 38 on the monitor.
Faint pulse,
one cc of epi.
Don't have a line.
IO won't flush.
Try the other side.
Any identifying marks?
Not that I could see.
All right, come on,
pick it up, Abby.
We'll give meds
through the ET tube.
Rectal temp: 86.7.
We need those
blankets in here.
I'll go.
Cricoid pressure.
Where did that cop go?
He's calling missing persons.
I'm in.
PRATT:
Bright yellow.
Good job, Abby.
Somebody's got
to be looking for her.
Yes, County General in Chicago.
They're both here.
Mm-hmm.
Neela Rasgotra.
Thank you.
So, is somebody coming for them?
He said he'd notify
their parents,
but he wasn't sure how soon
they'd be able to hire a car.
What was your call about?
In the trauma room?
Oh, my sister and her husband
in Chandigarh have had a baby.
Oh, congratulations.
You're an aunt.
There's a Sikh ritual--
a naming ceremony.
My parents want me to go
to India with them
so I can be there for it.
You don't want to go?
I can't just take
two weeks off.
Anyway, guilt calls are just
their way of keeping me close.
( laughs )
Well, you know, it's nice
to know that they miss you.
Yeah, and at times, suffocating.
They don't understand
that, uh, doctor thing, huh?
They run a restaurant
in South Hall.
I'm the first professional
in the family,
the first to live anywhere
other than India or London.
On the one hand,
they're very proud.
On the other,
it scares the hell out of them.
How are you feeling, Thomas?
Like I have a tube
in my chest.
I spoke to Mr. Fisher.
He said he'd pass the word
on to your families.
They'll make
us go home.
Are you runaways?
You wouldn't believe it
if we told you.
Thomas, shut up.
Try me.
We're Amish.
Know what that is?
It's a religion.
It's a good one.
It's all about taking care
of each other,
protecting each other.
And living separate
from the outside world.
So, you did run away?
We're on rumspringa.
When you get
to be 16,
you can do
whatever you want
for a while,
experience stuff.
At the end of it,
you have to decide
whether you want to be
in the community or not.
A little dose of teen rebellion
so you won't be tempted later?
After it's over,
you'll be a good Amish.
She's in V tach.
Charge to 60.
What do you have?
Jane Doe found down in park.
Hypothermic.
We gave two rounds of epi,
only access is IO. Clear.
( zaps )
Still V tach.
PRATT:
Up to 120.
How long was she out there?
We don't know.
Clear.
( zaps, beeps )
Got a pulse.
Rate's 67.
Pratt, get a
central line kit
and throw
in a femoral.
Couldn't find any
missing persons reports
in the last three days
matching her description.
Abby, prep for a peritoneal
and pleural
lavage.
So now what?
They're going back,
checking old reports,
one week at a time.
Let's hear a BP
and a repeat temp.
Maybe she's from
another state.
We could check
with Amber Alert.
Yeah, we'll get
in touch with
other agencies
if we don't turn
up anything.
How's she doing?
PRATT:
She's still here.
KOVAC:
Get a DPL kit
and chest
tube tray.
And more blankets.
Come on. Let's go.
( laughter )
MAN:
I think the police
are handling this
in the right way.
Somebody threw
her away.
Well, maybe the parents
are in trouble.
Maybe they're sick
or injured.
Or maybe she's
a foster kid
that got
passed around
from place to place
to place to place
until her case worker
just loses track of her,
and she falls
through the cracks.
Yeah, that's
possible.
So, check the CPS foster files,
the federal database.
Abby, I want to help,
but there's not
much I can do
without a name
or an ID.
Well, there must be pictures
of these kids somewhere.
Not that I
have access to.
Ken, come on.
You're a smart guy.
Get access.
Yeah, before we go snooping
around in the foster system,
let's just explore our
more likely options:
that she was ditched
by her parents
or abducted by relatives
or maybe she's
even a runaway.
Oh, she's six years old!
Okay.
I'll get a
fingerprint card,
and I'll see what strings
I can pull over at CPS.
Thank you.
( loud whirring )
( sighs )
Fourth one I've ever smoked,
and already it's getting old.
Your mom's on her way.
I love my family.
I-I love where I'm from.
But until this past year,
the coolest thing that
ever happened to me
was placing second in
the annual cheese festival.
Congratulations.
( chuckles )
She'll want me to go back.
She'll, um, see this
as a sign from God.
It's up to you,
isn't it?
It's not so easy.
If you choose
not to be Amish,
you're shunned.
The community turns
its back on you.
Even your family?
Everyone.
See, out here...
it-it's scary,
but it feels
full of possibilities.
How can I go back there
and pretend that
this doesn't exist?
How does Thomas
feel about it?
Mm.
He's had enough.
He wants to go home.
Do you love him?
What would you do?
I may not be the best person
to advise.
I'm a Chicago medical student
of Punjabi extraction
by way of London, England.
A bit of a mess, really.
If I were you...
I'd go home.
LEWIS:
I'm concerned
that your chest pain
may be something serious
called a pulmonary embolism.
What's that?
A blood clot
in the lungs.
So, I'm going
to send you up to radiology
for a test called
a pulmonary angiogram.
More x-rays?
I know, Mr. Benitez.
I'm sorry.
This is the last time.
I promise.
I sure hope so.
Oh, could you take Mrs. Benitez
and her son to the family room?
Mm-hmm.
Come with me, ma'am.
See you later, Dad.
Order a pizza, amigo.
I'm hungry.
So, if this angio thing
is positive, then what?
They would confirm
he has an embolism,
at which point
we'll stop the clot
with a drug
called heparin.
I'll let you know
when he comes back down.
You can wait in here.
Thank you.
You sent that guy up for
a pulmonary angiogram?
Dr. Lewis wanted to be sure
before heparinizing.
What's your opinion?
I'm not sure my
opinion matters.
SAM:
Luka, you
got a minute?
If you don't think it matters,
then it doesn't.
I took a half-shift.
I've got to get
home before Alex.
I'm sorry about
the splint.
Look...
I appreciate you trying
to be his friend.
I just don't want
things to get weird.
You're a good
guy, I'm sure,
but you don't know crap
about raising kids,
so, thanks for the help,
but no thanks.
I got it covered.
Okay.
All right.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Abby, where's Lewis?
Exam Three.
Do we have premixed
heparin drips?
I'll check drug lockup.
Hey, so the police found
a couple from Rogers Park.
Their four-year-old
daughter disappeared
from a shopping mall
two years ago,
hasn't been seen since.
The profile matches up.
She's been missing
that long?
Yeah, they're
bringing them in.
I just wanted you to know.
Thank you.
I got a page my sister
was down here.
Frank took her
to the lounge.
You guys
meeting us later?
Definitely.
Abby? Neela?
Soon as my shift's over.
I'll try.
See you there.
I believe my daughter
Johanna is here.
She's with a boy
named Thomas.
I'm the one
who left the message.
How was your trip, ma'am?
Fine, thank you.
KOVAC:
You're losing time, Susan.
I can take you to see them.
LEWIS:
Heparinization's not
a benign therapy.
Neither is
all this testing.
He has a history of
GI bleeding from ulcers.
But a high probability
of pulmonary embolism,
and by the time it takes you
to wait for radiology,
you're going to end up
with a much bigger problem.
Or I could give
him heparin now,
and if it's not PE,
he'll be puking blood
from taking a dangerous
drug he didn't need.
The next time you feel
like discussing my orders
with another doctor,
don't talk to Kovac.
No, I...
WOMAN:
Both families agreed
it's time for you
to come home
so that you can be baptized
and married.
I thought that we get
to decide when.
You got yourselves in trouble.
You could've been killed.
I know you're mature enough
to see that this isn't
the life for you.
Is everything all right?
The Amish lady's
working on them.
Who, the religious cultists?
It's not a cult.
More like a club.
Oh. Hey.
Here you go.
How did I do?
Oh, pretty good.
Ninety seven...!
Yep.
...per cent.
What?
Um, Neela.
So?
Not bad. Uh, 93%.
Sorry, I haven't
finished yours yet.
I'll find you
when I'm done.
Hey.
Hey.
Mm.
It's so good to see you.
Hey, Val, listen,
I'm sorry.
I got hung up
with a patient upstairs and...
It's okay.
My plane got in early.
So, everything went fine?
Yeah, you know, crappy flight,
but it's all good.
It's all good.
Hey, listen, I was thinking,
after my shift,
that we'd go over to this place,
Ike's, down the street
and catch some dinner?
Great.
Hey, Mike.
Kinsey in Four
is waiting on a wound check
and a doggy bag of Percocet.
And why am I the last one
to hear that your sister's hot?
I'm sure he's got his reasons.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see you sitting there.
I'm Dr. Greg Pratt,
your brother's mentor.
( scoffs ):
Yeah, right.
Pleased to meet you, Dr. Pratt.
No, call me Greg, Valerie.
Call me Val, Gregory.
( chuckles )
Okay, hey, I'm all over
this Kinsey thing.
Uh, is there anything else?
Uh, yeah, in fact, uh,
I was thinking
about heading over
to Ike's after work,
you know,
play some pool,
get some drinks.
I was wondering if you
two would like to go?
Actually, we were planning
on getting some dinner there
already.
What a coincidence.
Well, I actually spread
the word around a little bit.
Really? It didn't
get to me.
Hm.
It all works out then.
Great.
Look forward to
seeing you later.
( Pratt sighs )
He'll need to stay
upstairs for a few days.
Is there a phone I can use?
That's okay?
You can do that?
We don't hate technology.
We just don't allow it
to take over our lives.
There'll be a phone in
his room you can use.
I'll be back down
once I have him settled.
What's up with
the pilgrims?
Thomas is going back to Arcola
once he's recovered.
And Johanna?
She's thinking it over.
Abby, this is Larry
and Judith Anderson.
You the nurse who's
been working on Kendra?
Kendra. Yes, I am.
JUDITH:
Can we see her?
Yeah. Kendra
hasn't spoken yet.
We'll have a better idea
of how she's doing
once her temperature
comes up.
ER.
That the Jane Doe girl's
parents?
Guess she's not
a Jane Doe anymore.
Hold. Dr. Lewis, do you have
a patient up in angiography?
Uh, yeah, Hank Benitez.
He's crashing.
Lost his pressure after
the first dye injection.
He's in PEA.
Had an amp of epi.
Okay, let's tube him.
He's got urticaria.
Must've thrown
a big clot.
Probably an anaphylactic
reaction to the dye.
Benadryl and steroids?
He should have been heparinized.
He has classic signs
of an allergic reaction.
What does this look
like to you, Neela?
Hives? I'm not certain.
( alarm beeping )
V tach.
Charge to 200.
Last BP was 78/44.
Best we've had so far.
LARRY:
Oh, no.
Oh, God, no.
It's okay.
I think she's going to be fine.
It's her. It's her.
No, honey, it's not.
Well, it could be.
It's not, Judith.
It's not.
Maybe she just changed,
you know?
Maybe she's different.
No, Judith. Judith. No.
This is not our daughter.
( Judith sobbing )
LEWIS:
Hold compressions.
Still V-fib.
Clear.
Asystole.
It's been
45 minutes.
Okay, I'm calling it.
Time of death: 7:08.
One shot of heparin
could have prevented this.
That's crap, Luka.
He was killed by
an anaphylactic
reaction to the dye.
He's dead because
of an unnecessary test.
Please stop.
It's not about PE,
and it's not about anaphylaxis.
It's about this man.
I'll go and inform his family
that they've lost him.
Hey.
I heard.
Yeah.
Listen, a woman I know
over at CPS
has been letting me go through
the past five years
of foster care records,
but I haven't been able
to come up with anything yet.
A little girl disappears
and nobody notices?
I'll keep looking.
Thanks.
I've had enough.
You want to go
get a drink with Gallant?
Oh, I thought
I'd hang around
and make sure she
gets up to the PICU.
Can't a nurse do that?
I am a nurse.
And you're a med student.
Hey. You guys
headed over to Ike's?
Yeah. Gallant's sister's
in town. He's buying.
So I hear.
I'll, uh, catch up.
Johanna?
Tell Thomas
I said to get better.
Thank you, Doctor.
Abschied.
Gott mit dich.
I'm sorry,
Mrs. Lambright.
She's the oldest.
I have six
other children.
They were so happy
when I told them
she was coming home.
She's a good
girl, ma'am.
She'll be all right.
You can't make them stay
if they don't want to.
Someone will be back for Thomas
when he's better.
Hey, Stern is ready to be DC'd
soon as the UA's back.
Kovac is here.
Hey, Kovac, it's Sam.
Her son is MIA.
Sam?
What?
No, hey, listen,
just calm down.
How long ago?
Hey, Kovac.
( sighs )
Uh, no, no, I haven't.
Just relax.
Kovac!
He's here.
How was school?
I had to go to gym.
I got pinned by some kid
in, like, ten seconds.
I don't think
you should go back to Africa.
No?
I heard it's dangerous.
Your mom's worried about you.
She's a loser.
Hey.
She does a lot.
Is that why
we're always moving around?
Leaving places
as soon as I've got friends?
She does what she needs
to take care of you.
She wishes she never had me.
( chuckling )
Mike. I see
you got here before me.
You guys met
my sister, Val?
Frank introduced us.
Neela and Abby, right?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
How long are
you in Chicago?
A month.
I teach special
needs kids in DC.
I'm taking a seminar
at Northwestern.
Very nice.
You guys going
to stay for a while?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll be back
in a minute.
So, uh, Mike never told me
that your mother
was so beautiful.
Our mother?
Yeah, well, she'd have to be
to have a daughter like you,
right?
VAL:
Don't hold back, Greg.
Drink?
I'm with you.
Do you think it's bad
I'm not going home
to the Punjab?
Personally, I
never miss a Sikh
naming ceremony,
but that's just me.
They're going to choose
a name for my niece.
They don't
even need me there.
Do you have nieces
or nephews?
My brother's single.
Where is he?
Minnesota.
Do you see him much?
Not now, no.
I'm trying to let him
get his stuff together
while I get my stuff together.
Me, too.
I'm trying to get
my stuff together, too.
Let's all of us
get our stuff together.
Do you miss them-- your family?
Sure.
Me, too.
Did you ever get around
to scoring my test?
Uh... yeah. Here.
52?
I got a 52%?
Think of it as half full.
I'm sorry I wasn't there,
Elizabeth.
You weren't the only one.
He had nothing but this place,
Kerry.
No wife, no kids.
Everything he ever had,
he lost here.
At the end of a life,
you'd think
there'd be more to say.
He'll be missed.
Whether we realize it or not.
You got pissed off
at Kovac and Lewis?
I didn't mean to.
Oh, so,
what did they do?
They just looked at me
like they couldn't believe it.
Like, "You? You're
not supposed to get angry."
What's happening
to our little girl?
Yes, that's how it always is.
Except there's different
versions of it, isn't there?
What's she talking about?
I have no idea,
but she's on a roll.
"Oh, she's a
sweet Indian girl.
Poor thing
probably grew up
begging for scraps
in Calcutta."
You mean you didn't?
I've never even been
to Calcutta.
Or, "She's the
"well-educated British girl--
proper, soft-spoken and docile."
With a very good vocabulary.
I'm not--
not any of those things.
I'm not Indian. I'm not British.
I'm not American.
So, what the hell are you?
Yeah, well, that's the question,
isn't it?
Do you ever feel
like you don't know
who the hell you are?
No. But I'm very well-adjusted.
You about ready to go?
Yeah.
Thanks, everybody.
It's been fun.
Sorry. I've completely
monopolized the intercourse.
Yeah, I think it's about time
for me to go, too.
I'll walk out
with you guys.
Discourse.
GALLANT:
Do you want me to get your chair
from the car?
No, I'll be fine.
I'll use the sticks.
I need a little
help sometimes.
Do you have a cigarette?
No.
Thank God.
The car's
just around the corner.
I'm a little tired.
Can you pull it around?
You want me to go get it?
Yeah, do you mind?
Michael-- get
the car, okay?
Yeah, be right back.
Hope I didn't come off
sounding too insensitive.
You know, I'm just doing me,
talking my crap.
I, I didn't realize...
What, how easy it
is for me to get a
seat on the subway?
You flirted, Greg.
I flirted back.
I know.
I still think I sounded
kind of whack because...
Greg, I was diagnosed
with MS when I was 22,
and before that, I
was a normal girl.
Very normal.
I didn't grow
up limited,
so I don't think
of myself that way.
How advanced is it?
I have a couple relapses a year,
but I'm still fully functional.
How's that for a pickup line?
( chuckling )
Don't get me wrong, okay?
You, you look good--
very good.
But, you know, I just
don't want to complicate...
It's not
killing me.
At least not anytime soon.
So, I'm just getting on
with things.
Get ready for bed.
I'll be back in a minute.
Don't ever do that
to me again.
Brush your teeth.
Is he okay?
Silent treatment.
He'll be fine tomorrow.
I didn't mean
to be a bitch before.
You weren't.
You know, I don't worry
about not having a man
in my life,
but... maybe he needs one.
Maybe I'm not paying
enough attention to that.
Better no man than
the wrong one.
Yeah, his father
wasn't much of a father...
or anything else.
But he had a truck
and a pierced tongue
and an endless stash of weed.
I was 15 years old.
So, you and Alex
grew up together.
Oh, I'm a good big sister,
but I'm not always sure
how great a mom I am.
Parents always worry about that.
I just see him sitting in some
shrink's office in ten years
talking about what a job
his mother did on him.
Kids are resilient.
Look, I know I said
I didn't need any help...
but... tonight I did.
So, thanks
for the help.
See you tomorrow.
Yeah.
I appreciate it.
KOVAC:
Good night.
Just one more stick.
No pain here?
How about here?
Dr. Weaver.
It's okay, sweetie.
Haleh, airway
box and bag mask.
I know, I know.
You don't need that
to help you breathe
anymore, do you?
Ready when you are.
I want you to cough,
and then I'm going
to pull this tube out.
On three, cough for me.
Ready?
One, two, three.
Good. Good girl,
good girl, good girl.
There we go.
All right.
Clear breath sounds.
Sats look good.
It's okay, honey.
You're in a hospital.
What's your name?
Can you tell us
your name?
Dr. Weaver,
LOL in Three's
coughing up blood.
( sighing )
Uh, Haleh, check an ABG
on 14 liters.
Amanda.
I love you, kiddo.
More than anything.
( screams )
No!
I'm good at the academic
stuff, you know,
but you're good
with everything else.
Maybe we could
help each other.
We're going out to dinner.
You're still coming,
right?
I'd rather not be going out
with someone right now, okay?
You're probably
not his type.
Besides, he's my friend,
not yours.
Hey...
Hey, buddy, wake up.
( groans )
Come on. We got
to get going.
It's Thursday.
It's a late day.
Not for me.
I've got to get to work.
Come on.
Rise from the dead, King Tut.
"17A hydroxylase
deficiency"?
They've got to be kidding.
What number
are you on?
41, you?
Fifty.
What, are you finished?
Yep.
Allergic reaction
in three
needs more benadryl,
and lab lost the urine
for Mr. Perkins.
I'm not on yet.
According to Weaver,
you are.
I'm trying to take a test.
Done!
"Pompe"? "Dupuytrer"?
These are diseases?
That's a hard one.
And no helping.
You guys aren't Googling
each other again, are you?
We're taking our
practice boards.
Save it for study hall.
Abby, your nursing shift
started two minutes ago.
Yeah, I'm almost there.
Hank Benitez:
shortness of breath.
Needs to be vitalled.
Lester, can you grab that
off the printer?
Certainly.
Hi.
I have work in an hour.
I think you better call
your boss.
Morning.
Hey, Michael.
Oh, Gallant, you got a message
from Valerie.
LEWIS:
Valerie, huh?
Flight's at 3:10.
Says she can't wait to see you.
What? She's my sister.
Stop looking at me like that.
Oh, oh, your sister.
Younger or older?
We're twins.
What's she look like?
I don't know.
Picture me in a dress.
You trying to
freak me out?
Once, when I was
in high school,
I had to wear fishnets
and stilettos.
It was for a musical.
Okay. I'd like this conversation
to be over.
Have you ever shaved your legs?
It-it feels funny.
Looks like there's
a memorial for
Romano today.
Poor man.
Yeah. He must've really hurt
a helicopter
in his previous life.
( snickers )
What? Well, just tell
these people about karma.
If you're so concerned
about karma,
I'd stop making jokes
like that.
The memo says Elizabeth
helped organize
the memorial service.
Today at the, uh,
hospital chapel at 2:00.
Somebody should go.
Oh, uh-uh.
Come on, you guys.
Come on. We'll draw straws.
Morning, Dr. Corday.
Morning.
ALEX:
What's that for?
SAM:
It's for the people
who died at the car crash.
HARMS:
Johanna Lambright,
17 years old, passenger,
high-speed MVA with PSI.
Seatbelt, but no airbag,
tachy at 126; BP: 115/72;
resps: 20.
What's your name?
Johanna. Where's Thomas?
Her boyfriend.
He was hurt bad.
You have to help him.
He's right behind us.
Thomas Yoder,
17-year-old driver, MVA,
GSW right chest.
Plus stab wound
to the right flank.
Triple crown. Take him in One.
OLBES:
Needled in the
rig. Sats 84.
Kerry, do you have a minute?
We're good.
I'll be right there.
I was thinking...
um... you and Robert
had a long history--
complicated, I know...
I was wondering, uh,
whether you wouldn't like
to say a few words today.
I'll certainly
try to be there.
It only seems right that one
of you should eulogize him.
Um, he did end his life
working down here.
I'll make sure
we honor that.
LESTER:
Should we intubate?
Decreased
on the right.
Penetrating chest trauma,
hypotension,
hypoxia-- pneumothorax
unless otherwise proven.
I can guess
who aced that test.
Sterile sevens, please.
We haven't scored them yet.
Pulse ox down to 86.
Yeah, we decided
to swap papers
to avoid any cheating.
Ten blade
and a curved kelly.
I don't cheat.
I do.
Susan...
everything all right?
Uh, yeah, great, as soon
as I get this tube in.
32 French.
I was thinking
that one of us should speak
at Robert's memorial...
Yeah, you'd be great.
I was thinking you.
Me...? O silk.
Yeah, why don't you
let me secure that,
go run the board?
And you might want
to start preparing
some remarks.
Johanna?! Is she...
is she hurt?
She's okay.
She's just next door.
Oh, we shouldn't have
been there.
I was waiting in the car.
I heard gunshots,
and then Thomas came running...
and we drove away
as fast as we could.
This cut goes down all the way
through the galea.
Make sure you irrigate
it well and close it
as a separate layer.
Looks like you have a fan.
WEAVER:
Xeroform and
elastoplast.
Occlusive dressing
over the stab wound.
KOVAC:
How's he doing?
LESTER:
Lovely breath sounds.
CT's ready for him.
I've got a few meetings
this morning,
but I'll be on pager
if you need me to cover.
Cover?
Robert was supposed
to be on today.
ABBY:
So I'm grading your paper?
LESTER:
I'm doing Neela's.
She's doing mine.
Could you grade it
before lunchtime?
I'm feeling a
little bit anxious.
Johanna, we're taking your
boyfriend to get some X rays.
What's the plan?
GALLANT:
CT of head and abdomen.
KOVAC:
You sure?
GALLANT:
Well, with the extensive
head lac
and the possibility
of intraperitoneal injuries...
Are you sure?
I know how you feel about tests,
but, yeah, I'm sure.
Good. I completely agree.
( phone ringing )
Forgot to turn it off.
Sorry, it's from London.
Abby, can you
take over for me?
( speaking in Punjabi )
JOHANNA:
What language is that?
Punjabi. She's Indian.
A little bit
of pressure.
Ah. Ah.
No, I said I can't come.
You have a math test.
Maybe it'll be a snow day.
Hit the books, kiddo.
Tough love, huh?
Hey, Frank, will you
post this for me?
Sure. "Microwave:
a hundred bucks?"
KOVAC:
Yeah I need to unload
some of my stuff
before I head back.
LEWIS:
When are you leaving?
KOVAC:
Sometime in January.
Still waiting for the
Alliance to notify me.
LEWIS:
"Bose speakers: 80 bucks,
fish tank: $200,
42-inch plasma screen?"
FRANK:
Why would you
get rid of that?
KOVAC:
Hey, the Congo's
not exactly HD-ready.
LEWIS:
So, how much for the TV?
KOVAC:
Make me an offer.
No school today?
It starts late.
Why is that?
'Cause the teachers
need to talk about us.
What's the matter?
I have wrestling in gym today.
I hate wrestling.
Never much cared
for gym class myself.
What a shocker.
Ankle fracture in sutures
needs reduction and casting.
Guy messed it up pretty good.
Can I come?
No.
There's nothing wrong
with that kid's arm.
It hurts, okay?
I did your ankle.
Now, be a good patient
and go to sleep.
ZIMMER:
Can I at least
get some Valium?
It'd be much easier
to just go to your gym class.
There's a kid there,
Ernie Kendrick.
We call him Osama.
He hits hard.
If your mom sees this,
we're both dead, you know that?
I'll wait in the
lounge till I need
to catch my bus.
So...
you're going
back to Africa?
Yep.
For how long?
Not sure.
Is it a vacation?
No, it's work.
What kind of work?
Like I do here.
Isn't it really gross?
Aren't there, like, a lot
of sick people there?
That's why they need doctors.
You went there before?
A few months ago.
Did you ever see a lion?
How 'bout a hyena?
Sounds like Africa
kind of sucks.
Dr. Kovac,
I need you to
sign off a dispo.
I thought you weren't
presenting to me.
I got over it.
What do you have?
72-year-old guy with
three weeks of cough
and tactile temps.
Z-Pack, home,
follow-up with PMD.
KOVAC:
You can't send home
an elderly patient
with three weeks
of fever and cough
without a chest film.
PRATT:
I knew I should've waited
on Lewis.
SAM:
Excuse me, coming through.
Got a guy rolling in
with four severed digits.
Genius tried to cut
through some ice
with a chainsaw.
KOVAC:
Looks like they've
got it covered.
Sam, I need ten of morphine.
Got it.
( screaming )
Try rock salt next time.
You got the fingers?
Right here, big
Slurpee special.
What's up
with shorty's wrist?
My mom twisted it
when she was drunk.
Lounge. Go.
( screaming )
Full trauma panel,
order a hand series
and page the
replantation service.
We just wanted to try some pot,
that's all.
You went to the South Side
to score drugs?
We heard that was
the place to go.
So, you're from India?
My family lives
in London now.
Chicago's as far
as I've ever gotten.
How long have you and Thomas
been dating?
Um, a year, but we
grew up together.
Our families live on
the same road in Arcola.
It's about three
hours from here.
When did you move
to Chicago?
We've only been
here a few weeks...
just, you know,
hanging out.
Your boyfriend got lucky.
The bullet collapsed a lung
but didn't hit
anything critical.
THOMAS:
The bad news is my leg's broken.
You can handle that.
Yeah, but they're going
to admit me.
Oh, that's only for a few days,
till your chest tube comes out.
In the meantime, we'll need
to phone your parents.
Uh, my folks don't
have a phone.
His either.
Is there somebody else
we can call?
The Fishers.
No, Thomas.
You don't have
to call anybody.
Uh, actually, we do.
You're both minors.
Talk to our folks, Jo.
We just need to be more careful.
THOMAS:
I'll give you a
neighbor's number.
ABBY:
Ten cc's of lidocaine.
Hand surgeon's
on his way down.
Let's update his tetanus
and give three grams of Unasyn.
You two going
to Robert's memorial?
Uh, yeah.
Sure.
Did he have any family?
Not that I'm aware of.
Another 3-0 vicryl.
Median and ulnar blocked.
Is that Sam's little boy?
Should you be here?
SAM:
Dori, toss me that
bag of saline.
No. Bye.
Got you a Zerowet
for irrigation.
Hand/ortho down yet?
Still waiting.
I hope Alex wasn't
in your way.
Nope, no, not at all.
He's just curious.
Okay.
Old man with belly pain--
do you start
with LFTs or CT?
Hypotensive?
I think so.
Back pain?
( gasps ):
Aortic dissection.
Where is this patient?
No, it was a practice test.
I totally blew it.
It's my understanding
we're in good shape--
nice clean amputation
just distal to the MCP.
Well, we'll be taking you
up right away, Mr., uh...
Kohler,
and we... only recovered
three fingers?
CORDAY:
No, no,
no, there are...
three.
There were four a minute ago.
YORK:
Well, there are three now,
so either we lost one,
or a finger thief made off
with an intact middle digit.
Excuse me.
SAM:
Alex!
Alex!
Get the hell back here!
Don't screw
around with me.
Empty the backpack.
Where is it?
What?
You know what
I'm talking about.
No, I don't.
The paramedics
brought in a guy
with four
viable fingers,
three of which are
still sitting on ice.
Maybe a dog ate it.
Alex.
What finger did you lose?
Ring any bells?
I got to catch my bus.
Did I say you
could have this?
No.
Don't I always get you
whatever I can?
Yeah.
Then why do you steal stuff?
Come on, Alex. This is serious.
Where is it?
I don't know.
What's in
your pocket?
KOVAC:
How long ago was the injury?
There's still time.
Abby, can you help me with this?
This is really above
and beyond, isn't it?
You know, I was thinking
you'd be a good person
to say something.
Say something?
You know, at this thing
for Romano.
Oh, you're
kidding, right?
No. I think it would be nice
coming from a nurse.
TAGGART:
Dr. Kovac?
Tell me you did not put a splint
on my kid's arm.
I'm sorry, but we are busy
trying to find a man's finger
right now.
Yeah, and the reason
it's missing is because
instead of studying here
like I told him,
he's off with you
playing doctor.
What?!
Not like that.
He's getting beat up at school.
I-I-I-I I was just...
Oh, what, he told you
his Osama Kendrick,
evil wrestler's
story?
Please. He
made it up.
He makes lots of stuff up.
I'm sorry. I'll take it off.
No.
You stay away from him, okay?
LEWIS:
If the kid
took the finger,
we need him
to tell us
where it is.
( sighs )
He won't tell me.
Alex?
It's in the refrigerator
in the lounge.
What?!
I put it there
because I know
it needs to
stay cold.
In the fridge
or the freezer?
Fridge.
Behind the juice.
You give it up to him
just like that
after stonewalling me?
Well, he
asked nicer.
That's it.
Mom...
Get on that bus
right now.
Stop it!
I'll speak to you later.
Leave me alone.
Oh, we'll have
a talk later.
Stop...
You're a real Mr. Rogers,
you know that?
Hey, five- to
six-year-old girl,
brady with a rate
of 32, no BP.
GCS 3, severe hypothermia.
I couldn't get a line in.
She's too clamped down.
What's her name?
Jane Doe, history unknown.
Found her down
in the bushes
in Lincoln Park.
Any idea how long
she was out there?
Too long.
PRATT:
Warm blankets,
warm saline.
Let's get a bear-hugger
in here right now.
She's like ice.
All right, let's get ready
to tube her. Abby, you do it.
I'm not on my med student
rotation today.
Okay, so you're a nurse
who intubates.
Okay.
Miller 2
and a 5-5.
Anything in her pockets?
No keys, no coins,
nothing.
HALEH:
Rate 38 on the monitor.
Faint pulse,
one cc of epi.
Don't have a line.
IO won't flush.
Try the other side.
Any identifying marks?
Not that I could see.
All right, come on,
pick it up, Abby.
We'll give meds
through the ET tube.
Rectal temp: 86.7.
We need those
blankets in here.
I'll go.
Cricoid pressure.
Where did that cop go?
He's calling missing persons.
I'm in.
PRATT:
Bright yellow.
Good job, Abby.
Somebody's got
to be looking for her.
Yes, County General in Chicago.
They're both here.
Mm-hmm.
Neela Rasgotra.
Thank you.
So, is somebody coming for them?
He said he'd notify
their parents,
but he wasn't sure how soon
they'd be able to hire a car.
What was your call about?
In the trauma room?
Oh, my sister and her husband
in Chandigarh have had a baby.
Oh, congratulations.
You're an aunt.
There's a Sikh ritual--
a naming ceremony.
My parents want me to go
to India with them
so I can be there for it.
You don't want to go?
I can't just take
two weeks off.
Anyway, guilt calls are just
their way of keeping me close.
( laughs )
Well, you know, it's nice
to know that they miss you.
Yeah, and at times, suffocating.
They don't understand
that, uh, doctor thing, huh?
They run a restaurant
in South Hall.
I'm the first professional
in the family,
the first to live anywhere
other than India or London.
On the one hand,
they're very proud.
On the other,
it scares the hell out of them.
How are you feeling, Thomas?
Like I have a tube
in my chest.
I spoke to Mr. Fisher.
He said he'd pass the word
on to your families.
They'll make
us go home.
Are you runaways?
You wouldn't believe it
if we told you.
Thomas, shut up.
Try me.
We're Amish.
Know what that is?
It's a religion.
It's a good one.
It's all about taking care
of each other,
protecting each other.
And living separate
from the outside world.
So, you did run away?
We're on rumspringa.
When you get
to be 16,
you can do
whatever you want
for a while,
experience stuff.
At the end of it,
you have to decide
whether you want to be
in the community or not.
A little dose of teen rebellion
so you won't be tempted later?
After it's over,
you'll be a good Amish.
She's in V tach.
Charge to 60.
What do you have?
Jane Doe found down in park.
Hypothermic.
We gave two rounds of epi,
only access is IO. Clear.
( zaps )
Still V tach.
PRATT:
Up to 120.
How long was she out there?
We don't know.
Clear.
( zaps, beeps )
Got a pulse.
Rate's 67.
Pratt, get a
central line kit
and throw
in a femoral.
Couldn't find any
missing persons reports
in the last three days
matching her description.
Abby, prep for a peritoneal
and pleural
lavage.
So now what?
They're going back,
checking old reports,
one week at a time.
Let's hear a BP
and a repeat temp.
Maybe she's from
another state.
We could check
with Amber Alert.
Yeah, we'll get
in touch with
other agencies
if we don't turn
up anything.
How's she doing?
PRATT:
She's still here.
KOVAC:
Get a DPL kit
and chest
tube tray.
And more blankets.
Come on. Let's go.
( laughter )
MAN:
I think the police
are handling this
in the right way.
Somebody threw
her away.
Well, maybe the parents
are in trouble.
Maybe they're sick
or injured.
Or maybe she's
a foster kid
that got
passed around
from place to place
to place to place
until her case worker
just loses track of her,
and she falls
through the cracks.
Yeah, that's
possible.
So, check the CPS foster files,
the federal database.
Abby, I want to help,
but there's not
much I can do
without a name
or an ID.
Well, there must be pictures
of these kids somewhere.
Not that I
have access to.
Ken, come on.
You're a smart guy.
Get access.
Yeah, before we go snooping
around in the foster system,
let's just explore our
more likely options:
that she was ditched
by her parents
or abducted by relatives
or maybe she's
even a runaway.
Oh, she's six years old!
Okay.
I'll get a
fingerprint card,
and I'll see what strings
I can pull over at CPS.
Thank you.
( loud whirring )
( sighs )
Fourth one I've ever smoked,
and already it's getting old.
Your mom's on her way.
I love my family.
I-I love where I'm from.
But until this past year,
the coolest thing that
ever happened to me
was placing second in
the annual cheese festival.
Congratulations.
( chuckles )
She'll want me to go back.
She'll, um, see this
as a sign from God.
It's up to you,
isn't it?
It's not so easy.
If you choose
not to be Amish,
you're shunned.
The community turns
its back on you.
Even your family?
Everyone.
See, out here...
it-it's scary,
but it feels
full of possibilities.
How can I go back there
and pretend that
this doesn't exist?
How does Thomas
feel about it?
Mm.
He's had enough.
He wants to go home.
Do you love him?
What would you do?
I may not be the best person
to advise.
I'm a Chicago medical student
of Punjabi extraction
by way of London, England.
A bit of a mess, really.
If I were you...
I'd go home.
LEWIS:
I'm concerned
that your chest pain
may be something serious
called a pulmonary embolism.
What's that?
A blood clot
in the lungs.
So, I'm going
to send you up to radiology
for a test called
a pulmonary angiogram.
More x-rays?
I know, Mr. Benitez.
I'm sorry.
This is the last time.
I promise.
I sure hope so.
Oh, could you take Mrs. Benitez
and her son to the family room?
Mm-hmm.
Come with me, ma'am.
See you later, Dad.
Order a pizza, amigo.
I'm hungry.
So, if this angio thing
is positive, then what?
They would confirm
he has an embolism,
at which point
we'll stop the clot
with a drug
called heparin.
I'll let you know
when he comes back down.
You can wait in here.
Thank you.
You sent that guy up for
a pulmonary angiogram?
Dr. Lewis wanted to be sure
before heparinizing.
What's your opinion?
I'm not sure my
opinion matters.
SAM:
Luka, you
got a minute?
If you don't think it matters,
then it doesn't.
I took a half-shift.
I've got to get
home before Alex.
I'm sorry about
the splint.
Look...
I appreciate you trying
to be his friend.
I just don't want
things to get weird.
You're a good
guy, I'm sure,
but you don't know crap
about raising kids,
so, thanks for the help,
but no thanks.
I got it covered.
Okay.
All right.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Abby, where's Lewis?
Exam Three.
Do we have premixed
heparin drips?
I'll check drug lockup.
Hey, so the police found
a couple from Rogers Park.
Their four-year-old
daughter disappeared
from a shopping mall
two years ago,
hasn't been seen since.
The profile matches up.
She's been missing
that long?
Yeah, they're
bringing them in.
I just wanted you to know.
Thank you.
I got a page my sister
was down here.
Frank took her
to the lounge.
You guys
meeting us later?
Definitely.
Abby? Neela?
Soon as my shift's over.
I'll try.
See you there.
I believe my daughter
Johanna is here.
She's with a boy
named Thomas.
I'm the one
who left the message.
How was your trip, ma'am?
Fine, thank you.
KOVAC:
You're losing time, Susan.
I can take you to see them.
LEWIS:
Heparinization's not
a benign therapy.
Neither is
all this testing.
He has a history of
GI bleeding from ulcers.
But a high probability
of pulmonary embolism,
and by the time it takes you
to wait for radiology,
you're going to end up
with a much bigger problem.
Or I could give
him heparin now,
and if it's not PE,
he'll be puking blood
from taking a dangerous
drug he didn't need.
The next time you feel
like discussing my orders
with another doctor,
don't talk to Kovac.
No, I...
WOMAN:
Both families agreed
it's time for you
to come home
so that you can be baptized
and married.
I thought that we get
to decide when.
You got yourselves in trouble.
You could've been killed.
I know you're mature enough
to see that this isn't
the life for you.
Is everything all right?
The Amish lady's
working on them.
Who, the religious cultists?
It's not a cult.
More like a club.
Oh. Hey.
Here you go.
How did I do?
Oh, pretty good.
Ninety seven...!
Yep.
...per cent.
What?
Um, Neela.
So?
Not bad. Uh, 93%.
Sorry, I haven't
finished yours yet.
I'll find you
when I'm done.
Hey.
Hey.
Mm.
It's so good to see you.
Hey, Val, listen,
I'm sorry.
I got hung up
with a patient upstairs and...
It's okay.
My plane got in early.
So, everything went fine?
Yeah, you know, crappy flight,
but it's all good.
It's all good.
Hey, listen, I was thinking,
after my shift,
that we'd go over to this place,
Ike's, down the street
and catch some dinner?
Great.
Hey, Mike.
Kinsey in Four
is waiting on a wound check
and a doggy bag of Percocet.
And why am I the last one
to hear that your sister's hot?
I'm sure he's got his reasons.
I'm sorry.
I didn't see you sitting there.
I'm Dr. Greg Pratt,
your brother's mentor.
( scoffs ):
Yeah, right.
Pleased to meet you, Dr. Pratt.
No, call me Greg, Valerie.
Call me Val, Gregory.
( chuckles )
Okay, hey, I'm all over
this Kinsey thing.
Uh, is there anything else?
Uh, yeah, in fact, uh,
I was thinking
about heading over
to Ike's after work,
you know,
play some pool,
get some drinks.
I was wondering if you
two would like to go?
Actually, we were planning
on getting some dinner there
already.
What a coincidence.
Well, I actually spread
the word around a little bit.
Really? It didn't
get to me.
Hm.
It all works out then.
Great.
Look forward to
seeing you later.
( Pratt sighs )
He'll need to stay
upstairs for a few days.
Is there a phone I can use?
That's okay?
You can do that?
We don't hate technology.
We just don't allow it
to take over our lives.
There'll be a phone in
his room you can use.
I'll be back down
once I have him settled.
What's up with
the pilgrims?
Thomas is going back to Arcola
once he's recovered.
And Johanna?
She's thinking it over.
Abby, this is Larry
and Judith Anderson.
You the nurse who's
been working on Kendra?
Kendra. Yes, I am.
JUDITH:
Can we see her?
Yeah. Kendra
hasn't spoken yet.
We'll have a better idea
of how she's doing
once her temperature
comes up.
ER.
That the Jane Doe girl's
parents?
Guess she's not
a Jane Doe anymore.
Hold. Dr. Lewis, do you have
a patient up in angiography?
Uh, yeah, Hank Benitez.
He's crashing.
Lost his pressure after
the first dye injection.
He's in PEA.
Had an amp of epi.
Okay, let's tube him.
He's got urticaria.
Must've thrown
a big clot.
Probably an anaphylactic
reaction to the dye.
Benadryl and steroids?
He should have been heparinized.
He has classic signs
of an allergic reaction.
What does this look
like to you, Neela?
Hives? I'm not certain.
( alarm beeping )
V tach.
Charge to 200.
Last BP was 78/44.
Best we've had so far.
LARRY:
Oh, no.
Oh, God, no.
It's okay.
I think she's going to be fine.
It's her. It's her.
No, honey, it's not.
Well, it could be.
It's not, Judith.
It's not.
Maybe she just changed,
you know?
Maybe she's different.
No, Judith. Judith. No.
This is not our daughter.
( Judith sobbing )
LEWIS:
Hold compressions.
Still V-fib.
Clear.
Asystole.
It's been
45 minutes.
Okay, I'm calling it.
Time of death: 7:08.
One shot of heparin
could have prevented this.
That's crap, Luka.
He was killed by
an anaphylactic
reaction to the dye.
He's dead because
of an unnecessary test.
Please stop.
It's not about PE,
and it's not about anaphylaxis.
It's about this man.
I'll go and inform his family
that they've lost him.
Hey.
I heard.
Yeah.
Listen, a woman I know
over at CPS
has been letting me go through
the past five years
of foster care records,
but I haven't been able
to come up with anything yet.
A little girl disappears
and nobody notices?
I'll keep looking.
Thanks.
I've had enough.
You want to go
get a drink with Gallant?
Oh, I thought
I'd hang around
and make sure she
gets up to the PICU.
Can't a nurse do that?
I am a nurse.
And you're a med student.
Hey. You guys
headed over to Ike's?
Yeah. Gallant's sister's
in town. He's buying.
So I hear.
I'll, uh, catch up.
Johanna?
Tell Thomas
I said to get better.
Thank you, Doctor.
Abschied.
Gott mit dich.
I'm sorry,
Mrs. Lambright.
She's the oldest.
I have six
other children.
They were so happy
when I told them
she was coming home.
She's a good
girl, ma'am.
She'll be all right.
You can't make them stay
if they don't want to.
Someone will be back for Thomas
when he's better.
Hey, Stern is ready to be DC'd
soon as the UA's back.
Kovac is here.
Hey, Kovac, it's Sam.
Her son is MIA.
Sam?
What?
No, hey, listen,
just calm down.
How long ago?
Hey, Kovac.
( sighs )
Uh, no, no, I haven't.
Just relax.
Kovac!
He's here.
How was school?
I had to go to gym.
I got pinned by some kid
in, like, ten seconds.
I don't think
you should go back to Africa.
No?
I heard it's dangerous.
Your mom's worried about you.
She's a loser.
Hey.
She does a lot.
Is that why
we're always moving around?
Leaving places
as soon as I've got friends?
She does what she needs
to take care of you.
She wishes she never had me.
( chuckling )
Mike. I see
you got here before me.
You guys met
my sister, Val?
Frank introduced us.
Neela and Abby, right?
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
How long are
you in Chicago?
A month.
I teach special
needs kids in DC.
I'm taking a seminar
at Northwestern.
Very nice.
You guys going
to stay for a while?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll be back
in a minute.
So, uh, Mike never told me
that your mother
was so beautiful.
Our mother?
Yeah, well, she'd have to be
to have a daughter like you,
right?
VAL:
Don't hold back, Greg.
Drink?
I'm with you.
Do you think it's bad
I'm not going home
to the Punjab?
Personally, I
never miss a Sikh
naming ceremony,
but that's just me.
They're going to choose
a name for my niece.
They don't
even need me there.
Do you have nieces
or nephews?
My brother's single.
Where is he?
Minnesota.
Do you see him much?
Not now, no.
I'm trying to let him
get his stuff together
while I get my stuff together.
Me, too.
I'm trying to get
my stuff together, too.
Let's all of us
get our stuff together.
Do you miss them-- your family?
Sure.
Me, too.
Did you ever get around
to scoring my test?
Uh... yeah. Here.
52?
I got a 52%?
Think of it as half full.
I'm sorry I wasn't there,
Elizabeth.
You weren't the only one.
He had nothing but this place,
Kerry.
No wife, no kids.
Everything he ever had,
he lost here.
At the end of a life,
you'd think
there'd be more to say.
He'll be missed.
Whether we realize it or not.
You got pissed off
at Kovac and Lewis?
I didn't mean to.
Oh, so,
what did they do?
They just looked at me
like they couldn't believe it.
Like, "You? You're
not supposed to get angry."
What's happening
to our little girl?
Yes, that's how it always is.
Except there's different
versions of it, isn't there?
What's she talking about?
I have no idea,
but she's on a roll.
"Oh, she's a
sweet Indian girl.
Poor thing
probably grew up
begging for scraps
in Calcutta."
You mean you didn't?
I've never even been
to Calcutta.
Or, "She's the
"well-educated British girl--
proper, soft-spoken and docile."
With a very good vocabulary.
I'm not--
not any of those things.
I'm not Indian. I'm not British.
I'm not American.
So, what the hell are you?
Yeah, well, that's the question,
isn't it?
Do you ever feel
like you don't know
who the hell you are?
No. But I'm very well-adjusted.
You about ready to go?
Yeah.
Thanks, everybody.
It's been fun.
Sorry. I've completely
monopolized the intercourse.
Yeah, I think it's about time
for me to go, too.
I'll walk out
with you guys.
Discourse.
GALLANT:
Do you want me to get your chair
from the car?
No, I'll be fine.
I'll use the sticks.
I need a little
help sometimes.
Do you have a cigarette?
No.
Thank God.
The car's
just around the corner.
I'm a little tired.
Can you pull it around?
You want me to go get it?
Yeah, do you mind?
Michael-- get
the car, okay?
Yeah, be right back.
Hope I didn't come off
sounding too insensitive.
You know, I'm just doing me,
talking my crap.
I, I didn't realize...
What, how easy it
is for me to get a
seat on the subway?
You flirted, Greg.
I flirted back.
I know.
I still think I sounded
kind of whack because...
Greg, I was diagnosed
with MS when I was 22,
and before that, I
was a normal girl.
Very normal.
I didn't grow
up limited,
so I don't think
of myself that way.
How advanced is it?
I have a couple relapses a year,
but I'm still fully functional.
How's that for a pickup line?
( chuckling )
Don't get me wrong, okay?
You, you look good--
very good.
But, you know, I just
don't want to complicate...
It's not
killing me.
At least not anytime soon.
So, I'm just getting on
with things.
Get ready for bed.
I'll be back in a minute.
Don't ever do that
to me again.
Brush your teeth.
Is he okay?
Silent treatment.
He'll be fine tomorrow.
I didn't mean
to be a bitch before.
You weren't.
You know, I don't worry
about not having a man
in my life,
but... maybe he needs one.
Maybe I'm not paying
enough attention to that.
Better no man than
the wrong one.
Yeah, his father
wasn't much of a father...
or anything else.
But he had a truck
and a pierced tongue
and an endless stash of weed.
I was 15 years old.
So, you and Alex
grew up together.
Oh, I'm a good big sister,
but I'm not always sure
how great a mom I am.
Parents always worry about that.
I just see him sitting in some
shrink's office in ten years
talking about what a job
his mother did on him.
Kids are resilient.
Look, I know I said
I didn't need any help...
but... tonight I did.
So, thanks
for the help.
See you tomorrow.
Yeah.
I appreciate it.
KOVAC:
Good night.
Just one more stick.
No pain here?
How about here?
Dr. Weaver.
It's okay, sweetie.
Haleh, airway
box and bag mask.
I know, I know.
You don't need that
to help you breathe
anymore, do you?
Ready when you are.
I want you to cough,
and then I'm going
to pull this tube out.
On three, cough for me.
Ready?
One, two, three.
Good. Good girl,
good girl, good girl.
There we go.
All right.
Clear breath sounds.
Sats look good.
It's okay, honey.
You're in a hospital.
What's your name?
Can you tell us
your name?
Dr. Weaver,
LOL in Three's
coughing up blood.
( sighing )
Uh, Haleh, check an ABG
on 14 liters.
Amanda.
I love you, kiddo.
More than anything.